Maggie Doyne | Founder of BlinkNow, Activist and Humanitarian

Maggie Doyne

Founder of BlinkNow, Activist and Humanitarian

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Maggie Doyne
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Maggie Doyne is a humanitarian, activist, co-founder, and CEO of the BlinkNow Foundation. Maggie's adventure began at 19 years old when she took a gap year following her graduation from Mendham High School in New Jersey. She embarked on a tour of the world with just her backpack and found herself in a small village in Nepal where she met impoverished children, including one little girl crushing stones in a riverbed. Moved to action, Maggie took the money she earned babysitting and sent the little girl and several others to school before founding the BlinkNow Foundation. Together with her co-founder, Tope Malla, she opened the Kopila Valley Children's Home to provide a loving home for homeless and orphaned children.

Since 2007, the Children's Home has grown and the foundation now also supports the Kopila Valley School, which educates more than 400 children in Nepal, the Women's Center, an education and training center that empowers women in Nepal, a Health & Wellness program.

Maggie was named a CNN Hero of the Year in 2015 and was honored as a Forbes "Top 30 under 30" Social Entrepreneur and by the Dalai Lama as an Unsung Hero of Compassion.

Maggie, who is now married and mother to two young children, shares her story with the world through her new book "Between the Mountain and the Sky; A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, Healing and Hope," published by Harper Collins in March 2022. Maggie enjoys speaking all over the world to share her story and inspire others to make a difference.

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From New Jersey to Nepal
A High Schooler’s Journey to CEO, School Founder and Mom to 55 Orphaned Children

Maggie Doyne graduated high school in Mendham New Jersey and left on a gap year of travel abroad. It was her first trip outside the United States. She started out volunteering in India, but soon found herself in Nepal where a recent civil war had left thousands of orphans. Walking by a river, Maggie met a 6 year old little girl named Hima breaking rocks and selling them to support herself. The two connected as Maggie realized that, except for the luck of being born in the US, she could have been that little girl. With her lifetime savings of $5000 from babysitting, Maggie adopted Hima and soon started a charity called BlinkNow. Maggie’s gap year has extended over a decade, adopting over 50 children and starting a school for more than 300.

No is No Option
Climbing Poverty, Failed Infrastructure and Inexperience for Success in Developing Countries

Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world, noted for mountain climbing and wilderness trails. Its physical infrastructure lacks paved roads and its political infrastructure mirrors tribal origins. Like Nepal’s Mount Everest, it’s a steep climb to the top with diminishing oxygen en route. Maggie Doyne will tell her story of overcoming the greatest obstacles with many lessons for success and humility.

Leading in the Dark
A Story of Vision, Determination and Very Little Sleep

Maggie will tell her story of how a high school graduate with no international, educational or business experience has led one of the fastest growing and successful organizations in the developing world.

Caring for the Most Damaged Children and Learning Love Without Losing It

Every family faces challenges in raising their children from scraped knees to life-threatening events. The parent has to get through it with the child and family intact.

Maggie Doyne is the mother of over 50 orphaned children in Nepal. Many of these children were abandoned during the civil war in Nepal, and had been abused, sold into slavery or suffered from serious illnesses. Having only graduated from high school in New Jersey with no training, Maggie started BlinkNow to care for these children. Maggie will tell her story of finding any path, anyone, anywhere to help her kids and the learning the deepest love while doing it.

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